Entertainment & Arts
John Grisham’s ‘Calico Joe’ is about a young pro baseball player whose life changes after a pitch hits him in the head, all narrated by the pitcher’s son.
May 31, 2012
Books
When you get right down to it, baseball is the best blue-collar job you could ever have.
May 5, 2015
Sports
The young batter stands at the plate, squinting into the late afternoon sun, a nuclear disaster that is normally 93 million miles away but today seems to be hovering just 300 feet above the Earth, directly over right field actually, touching the trees and melting the edges of the outfield.
June 24, 1998
Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer, Cincinnati’s Tony Cingrani and Arizona’s Randall Delgado fit the bill.
Aug. 3, 2013
High School Sports
Preseason Top 10 *--* RK School League 2000 Rec. 1 Westlake Marmonte 23-3 2 Kennedy Valley Mission 23-11-1 3 Chatsworth West Valley 25-2-1 4 Camarillo Pacific View 24-6 5 Hart Foothill 21-5 6 Chaminade Mission 20-7 7 Poly Sunset Six 22-9 8 Lancaster Golden 15-10 9 Moorpark Marmonte 15-10 10 Valencia Foothill 18-8 *--* AT A GLANCE The Proven: Westlake lost only three games last season and has the No. 1 players in the region at pitcher and catcher in Tyler Adamczyk and Mike Nickeas, respectively.
Feb. 25, 2001
The Kansas City Royals needed to revamp their rotation Thursday after putting struggling starters Chris Young and Kris Medlen on the 15-day disabled list.
May 12, 2016
The Southern Section high school baseball season begins Friday, and no one has more to lose than Buena High pitcher Jason Isaacs.
March 1, 1990
San Pedro starts the 2020 season returning eight starters from a 27-5 team. Other teams to watch: El Camino Real, Birmingham, Cleveland and more.
Feb. 11, 2020
Montclair Prep COACH: Walt Steele, 3rd year LAST SEASON: 16-6-1; 1st in league at 10-0 PLAYERS TO WATCH: The team lost just one player from last year’s undefeated league champion.
March 2, 1990
Ranking the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland: Rank, School (W-L), Comment (last week’s ranking) 1 JSERRA (5-0) - Play St.
March 13, 2016